Diane Butler
Office Sought: Howard County Board of Education
Age: 55
Residence: Dunloggin.
Education: AA, science, Diablo Valley College; course work, Los Medanos College, Sacramento State, University of Maryland.
Occupation: Home-schooling mother.
Web site: None given.
E-mail address: politicodiane@msn.com
Offices and positions held: Past PTA president; past elementary school fundraising coordinator; past city leader, Tracy, Calif.; past president, St. John's Community Association; vice president, St. John's Community Association; past member, Howard County Schools Citizen Committee; member, Howard County infill committee, Howard County Route 40 task force.
Why should voters elect you?
"Voters should elect me because I will address all of the politically incorrect issues that no one ever dares to bring up."
What do you think is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?
"The most urgent problem facing our district is how we are spending an outrageously high budget. There should be much less of a gap between teacher pay and administrative pay. Some of our schools are decrepit and without new technology. We need magnet schools and an International Baccalaureate program. We should also be able to trim our budget and stop busing our children all over our supposed 'green' county."
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